The document discusses alternatives to Java for Android development, including the Android NDK which allows building activities and handling user input in C/C++. It describes tools in the NDK for building, compiling, and packaging native code libraries. Instructions are provided for installing C/C++ support in Eclipse and Cygwin. The document also mentions using C# for Android development with Mono and Visual Studio, and lists other programming languages like Python, Scala, Clojure, Ruby, and their respective frameworks for Android. Useful Android development links are included at the end.

1. Alternatives to Java for Android development

3. Android NDK The Android NDK is a companion tool to the Android SDK that lets you build performance-critical portions of your apps in native code. It provides headers and libraries that allow you to build activities, handle user input, use hardware sensors, access application resources, and more, when programming in C or C++

4. What’s in Android NDK Tools to build and compile your native code for the device architecture (such as ARM) A way to package to package your library into the APK file so you can distribute your application easily A set of native system headers that will be supported for future releases of Android platform(libc, libm, libz, liblog, JNI headers, some C++ headers, OpenGL) Documentation, sample code and examples

5. Using NDK

6. Installing C/C++ support on Eclipse

8. Installing Cygwin

14. Install Android NDK

16. C# You must have Visual Studio and JDK installed Download and install Mono for Android (http://android.xamarin.com/DownloadTrial) Create AVD in Eclipse Run your apps , creating for Android using C# , from Visual Studio.

19. Android PhoneGap Features If the phone can do it, PhoneGap apps can do it: Sensors: accelerometer, vibrate, compass GPS! Network availability, offline storage Media File I/O Complete list at http://wiki.phonegap.com/Roadmap

20. Other programming languages

21. Python – Scripting Layer for Android (http://www.code.google.com/p/android-scripting) Scala– (http://code.google.com/p/scala-android/) Clojure – (https://github.com/remvee/clj-android/) Hecl– (http://hecl.org/docs/android.html) Ruby a) Ruboto – (http://ruboto.org/) b) Rhodes 2.0 - (http://rhomobile.com/products/rhodes/)

22. Helpful links http://developer.android.com/index.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/ http://android.xamarin.com/ http://www.phonegap.com https://github.com/remvee/clojurehelloandroid http://androideducation.com/index.php/category/proramming/

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